# Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight - Hardcover

by **Shannon Gibney** (Author), **Charly Palmer** (Illustrator)

**Six-year-old Sam, with his Liberian dad and African American mom, finds a way to bring everyone in his cross-cultural family together at the dinner table**

Rice and okra soup: Sam's auntie from Liberia made it, and it's Dad's favorite. Mom, homegrown in Minnesota, made spaghetti and meatballs. And Sam? He's just hungry, but no matter what he chooses to eat, someone will be disappointed. Caught in the middle of his family's African and American food fight, Sam gets a little help from his grumbling stomach--and readers of this seriously funny book by Shannon Gibney get a peek at cultures colliding in a family kitchen that work out in a very delicious way. Charly Palmer's vibrant and captivating illustrations make this gentle lesson in getting along a bright and colorful visual feast as well.

Cassava leaf torbogee or homemade sausage pizza? Sam's family recipes bring _Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight_ to an apt and happy ending--and readers can decide which dinner is best. But, really, why not both?

### Author Biography

Shannon Gibney is a writer, educator, activist, and author of _See No Color_ and _Dream Country_, young adult novels that won Minnesota Book Awards. A Bush Artist and McKnight Writing fellow, her memoir exploring transracial adoption and her YA anthology of stories about adoptees by adoptees will also be published in 2023. She teaches writing in the English department at Minneapolis College.

Charly Palmer is a fine artist, illustrator, teacher, and mentor whose book illustrations include _There's a Dragon in My Closet_, _Rainy Day Rocketship_, _I Can Write the World_, _All Boys Aren't Blue_, and _Mama Africa_, for which he received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award.

**Number of Pages:** 48

**Dimensions:** 0.49 x 8.28 x 10.88 IN

**Publication Date:** April 25, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 17.95 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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